The New York Yankees have placed P Bruce Billings (forearm) on the 15-day disabled list because of a strained right forearm. The move is retoractive to Saturday, April 26. In a corresponding move, the team recalled RP Preston Claiborne from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre.

The New York Yankees have signed P Yoshinori Tateyama and P Bruce Billings to minor league contracts. No financial terms were disclosed. Tateyama had a 1.70 ERA in 42 1/3 innings for the Yankees' Triple-A affiliate in 2013. Billings, a 28-year-old right-hander, has spent the past three seasons in the Oakland Athletics system and posted a 4.31 ERA in 148 1/3 innings at Triple-A in 2013.